Funeral Services for George W Yeanger Planned Sunday
Funeral services for George W Yeanger 79 will be held Sunday at 1 p m at Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery with Rev Sherley Wood officiating. He died Thursday noon in Athens. Survived by wife Celesta Frazier two brothers Park and Edward Cheshire a sister Zella Denny five grandchildren six great grandchildren a daughter in law Mrs Eugene Brickles Porteroy and a son Ward Yeanger who died in 1939. Mr Yeanger was a C and O Railroad section foreman native of Cheshire. Friends may call Rawlings-Coats funeral home at any time.
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Middleport
George W. Yeanger
Athens
Cheshire Gravel Hill
Sherley Wood
Cheshire Baptist Church
Allen Hughes
Floyd Hughes
David Briggs
James Roush
Clarence ‘Peters
Hobart Sigman
Yeanger
Celesta Frazier
Park
Edward
Cheshire
Zella Denny
Clive Moorehead
Columbus
Jack Ferguson
Edward Sommermacker
James Boydston
George Danner
Galion
Eugene Brickles
Poteroy
Ward Yeanger
C & O Railroad
Perry and
Sara Rife Yeanger
Rawlings-Coats
Roush Cow Wins Honors In SEO Guernsey Show At Meigs County Fair
At the Meigs County Fair Southeastern Ohio District Guernsey Show judges awarded Roush’s cow an engraved silver plate for grand junior champion. Entries spanned junior and senior calf, yearling, and mature classes with multiple Roush, Price, Carnahan, and Edson livestock taking top spots. The event drew cattlemen from the area and concluded with awards, prizes, and fair activities including harness races and a fireworks finale.
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Meigs County
Gron
C. R. Houston
Franchester Farm
West Salem
Roush
Harold Carnahan
Eddie
Edson Roush
Wayne Roush
Pleasant View
Crescent Lake Handy
Andy
Clarence Price
Ivy Dale Royal Kingman
Gary Dill
Crescent Lake
Caesar
Charles ‘Theiss
Edin Valor
Graceland Steadfast Prince
Price
Crescent Lake Lana
C. R. Lou
Sunnysage
Cynthia
Elmgrove
Lowell’ Salser
Racine
Locust Grove
Pollyanna
Linda
Sunnysage Cherub
James Carnahan
C. R. Giner
Cow
Locus
Phil Williamson
Pomeroy Motor Co
Dick Karr
Dick Karr Standard Oil Co
Roger Dean
Sugar Run
R. V. Ebersbach
Meigs Equipment Co
Ewing Funeral Home
H. W. Craig
Elberfelds’ Department Store
Pomeroy National Bank, Farmers and Savings Co
George Genheimer
Victor Swain
Ruby Hysell
Juanita Sayre
Mary Guthrie
Forest M. Guthrie
Frank Wells
John H. Lewis
Robert Burdette
Stanley Jones
Dale ‘Strong
John Rice
Turner
Robert Sayre
Bill McKenzie
Richard Sayre
Virgil Windon
Howard Caldwell
Huber Brown
John Phillips
Roy Phillips
Eileen Bowers
Ve Isee
Masaa Margaret Hysell
Dora Heaton
Dora Heaton, 1; Mrs. Cues R Roach
C. N. Jones
E. J. Hill
Mae Ingles
Vernon Nease
Hiram Slanter
Rose Mary Rose
Jean Ann Rose
Delbert Sanders
Gordon West
Jerry Ha
Robert Barkhurst
Barbara Dougham
George Newtun
James Hayes
Rubert Carter
Clyde Well
D. C. McIntorf
Fair Board
Grange
Babe Spencer
R. C. Mason
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Cardinal Virtue
R. M. Cryder
Chillicothe
Katan Spencer
Donald Cowell
Oak Hill
W. Va
Crusader’s Girl
N. S. Arbuckle
Lewisburg
Dixie Truax
E. C. Oliver
Montgomery
Ala
Flax Rose
Cg Wilson
McConnellsville
Skipper Volo
Erle Bridgewater
Chauncey
Jean Guy
Homer Barnhart
Athens
Bonnie Spencer
Roy Knox
McConnelsville
Jo Colleen
S. H
Pawnee
Andy Wilson
Doctor Counsel
S. S. Ruble
Logan
Church News Of Pomeroy Church Schedule Highlights
Church listings for Pomeroy include multiple denominations with service times. Highlights cover Church of Christ with Bible school at 9:30 am, Communion at 10:30 am, and evening services. St Pauls Lutheran worship at 10:30 am. Federated service at 10:30 am led by choir and a talk by local student George Dallas. Naomi Baptist with services at 10:45 am and 3 pm. Christian Science morning service at 10:45 am. Hobson Church of Christ schedule. United Evangelical and area churches with Sunday school around 9:30 to 10:00 am and evening programs. Meigs County Union Center Point class. Dexter Church of Christ with Lord's Supper at 10:30 am and worship at 10:45 am. Youth Church at 2 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF Christ
William Morgan
Christian Endeavor
ST Paul’s Lutheran
L. M. Mohrhoff
Federated
Harold F. Hess
George Dallas
Dennison University
Naomi Baptist
H. E. Harris
BYPU
Christian Science
Hobson Church OF Christ In Christian Union
H. O. Carr
EUB
Walter A. Frost
Tuppers Plains
United Youth Party
Lottridge
John Archer
South Bethel
Westerville
Meigs County
Center Point
Dexter Church OF Christ
Edwin Carpenter, Jr
Meigs County fair mobile unit conducts mass chest x rays
More than 800 people underwent free chest x rays over three days at the Meigs County Fair mobile unit sponsored by the Ohio Health Department Division of Tuberculosis. About 420 were examined on Thursday, with Mrs. George Parker and Mrs. Ben Philson praising the turnout and urging health awareness.
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Middleport
Ohio Health Department
Division of Tuberculosis
Meigs County
George Parker
Ben Philson
Philson
Pomeroy Schools Accept Free Tuition for Nearby Districts
Pomeroy High School will admit pupils from Syracuse Minersville and Forest Run without tuition. Southern Local Board of Education approved the agreement allowing students to attend Racine or Pomeroy with transport provided. Grade school students in the Meigs County Children's Home are excluded. parents may seek assignments or pay tuition. Approved by Robert L. Roche, State Department of Education finance director.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse
Minersville
Forest Run
Pomeroy High School
Southern Local Board of Education
Meigs County
Southern
Pomeroy Board
Robert L. Roche
State Department of Education
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Roush Family Reunion
A Lee Roush family reunion took place at their Pomeroy Mason home with outdoor picnic in the rear living area. Guests included Charles Robert Roush and Chuckie of Fayette Iowa Del Adams Strawberry Point Iowa and several others. Notices follow about estate accounts and inventories across multiple estates with deadlines in September 1951 and August 1951.
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Middleport
Lee Roush
Pomeroy Mason
Charles Robert
Dick) Roush
Chuckie
Fayette
Iowa
del Adams
Strawberry Point
Robert Yates
Patricia Kennedy
Jackson
Capt
Leroy Brown
Robert
Alfred Lee Roush
Russell and Maida
Richard Root
Jolanda Roush
Leo Kensee
Dorothy Roush
Local residents host vacation guests and visits across states
O B Strange of S Second Ave hosts his mother Mrs Jennie Strange of Abilene Texas and sister Miss Bertha Strange a University of Arizona teacher en route to Cairo to teach. Several families entertain relatives from Ohio to Georgia including Crary Davis Brown and family in New Jersey and Michigan, with trips to Columbus and Middleport and a Camp Molly Lauman connection in Girl Scouts.
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O. B. Strange
S. Second Ave
Jennie Strange
Abilene
Texas
Bertha Strange
University of Arizona
Cairo
Egypt
Putnam Bragg
Randy
Teddy
McConnelsville
Dwight Wallace
Bruce
Alien
N. Fourth
C. O. Fisher
John
Tommy
Peter Stace
Fisher Farm
Mason County
Miss Fisher
Ohio University
Molly Lauman
Crary Davis
H. P. Brown
Bayhead
N. J
Royal Oak
Mich
Robert Adams
Ruth Rowley
Columbus
Gordon Clay
Melissa Hennesy
Gordon
Atlanta
Gordon Harris
Nicky
Jimmy
C. M. Hennesy
Clays
Harrises
Middleport
Nellie
Nellie Kee
Rome
Oe Lansbury
Columus
RC Lane
Bertha Oglebee
Fgbus
Sunday School Notices At Heath and First Presbyterian
Sunday school only will be held at Heath Methodist and First Presbyterian Churches on Sunday at 9 30 a m The ministers the Rev Louis Arter and the Rev Howard it are on vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Heath Methodist
First Presbyterian
Louis Arter
Howard It
Auxiliary Meeting Held by Local Brotherhood Engineers
The Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Bailt Engineers met Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Saree Bennett’s home, president. Traveling prize by Mrs. Aiver awarded to Mrs. Dea Hayes. Fruit drink and cake served to several members. September meeting to be at Mrs Hackett’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
G.la
Auxili
Brotherhood of Bailt Engineers
Thureway
Saree Bennett
A. Iver
Dea Hayes
Beaver
Hayes
Walter Harris
Robert Harris
William Garber
George Hackett
Hemlock reunion for Hoops descendants held at Basil Park
The Hemlock Hoops descendants held their first reunion at Basil Park with 64 attendees and voted to make it an annual event. Separate gatherings included Stalling and Snowden families and several local couples attending weddings and church events nearby. Other notes mention travel, vacations, and visits among Hemlock residents and relatives in districts such as Columbus and Detroit.
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Hemlock
Pearl Hoops
Kenneth Stalling
Vera Snowden
Bainbridge
Edna Sue Lanning
Judith Tharp
Luvella Wilson
Beulas Spencer
Bobby Stickhorn
W. A. Eayle
Rita Clouse
Irene Reardon
Columbus
Pa On
Ted Tharp
Port
Mansfield
Wallace Tharp
Homer Tharp
Vada Abbott
Ronnie
Marion
Detroit
Abbott
William Toki
Tee Barberton
Mee Ae Te Ee
Tharp
Glenna
Plans for Cancer Center At Sen Jones Residence Approved
Ohio cancer society director approves locating a cancer detection and diagnosis clinic in the late Senator Tom W. Jones home in Middleport. Meigs County Cancer Society officers plan a September meeting to draft program operations. The project aims for early detection and broader medical facilities with local officials praising citizen efforts.
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Middleport
L. E. Herget
Ohio
American Cancer Society
Meigs County Cancer Society
R. E. Boice
County Medical Society
Cancer Unit
Tom W. Jones
Herget
Meigs County Medical Society
American Medical Association
Ohio Medical Society
Cancer Clinic
Cancer Society
Meigs I Cancer Society
Supt. of Schools
L. W. McComas
Meigs Society
Reynolds
McComas
Nan Moore
Nina Russell
Catherine Shavorinsky
Homer J. Russell
W. H. Juhling
Moore
Russell
Mildred Hawley
Jones
S. Third Ave
Lincoln St
Route 7
Jones Memorial Hospital, Inc
Senator Jones
Rev Leroy Heitt and Lucille Hysel Wed in Zanesville
Pomeroy social notes report the marriage of Rev. Leroy Heitt, Free Methodist pastor of five years, to Mrs. Lucille Hysel of Rutland Township. The ceremony was performed by Rev. R. B. Maxwell at his parsonage in Zanesville. The couple will reside in Dayton where Heitt will pastor a Free Methodist Church. A wedding supper, reception, and old-fashioned banging followed hosted by Josie Turner of Laurel Cliff.
Margaret Saylor Hosts Dinner for Edward Saylor’s 80th
Margaret Saylor entertained with a Friday dinner honoring Edward Saylor on his 80th birthday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Fred Elliott and their son Larry of Goshen Indiana, and Wanda and Harley Saylor Jr. also attended.
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Pomeroy
Margaret Saylor
Edward Saylor
Fred Elliott
Larry
Goshen, Ind
Wanda
Harley Saylor
Pomeroy Personal News Returns From Business Trip
L E Piersall came home Wednesday from a several week business trip to South Bend Indiana. He traveled as far as Charleston West Virginia with Mrs Piersall and was joined at home by granddaughter Jody Lydia Ebersbach and Mr and Mrs Boney Mitchell. Frank Roby and Mrs B A Barnett visited in Pomeroy along with Paul Roby. Mrs Larry Austin and others from Akron spent a weekend with Herman Werry and Jean Smith remained for a week.
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L. E. Piersall
South Bend
Ind
Charleston
W. Va
American Airlines
Piersall
Jody
Lydia Ebersbach
Boney Mitchell
Frank Roby
Newark
Ohio
B. A. Barnett
Paul Roby
Columbus
Margaret Saylor
Wanda
Harley Saylor
Pomeroy
Larry Austin
Ellis Smith
Jean Smith
Akron
Herman Werry
Jean
Women's Chorus Revue At Meigs County Fair Delights Audiences
The Meigs County Farm Bureau Women's Chorus staged a two night revue at the 88th Meigs County Fair. George Hall and Terry Bradford led a strong cast of soloists and dancers in songs like Chew Tobacco Rag Easter Parade and You're a Grand Old Flag while a colorfully staged finale featured six chorus members with raised silk umbrellas as the group performed Singin in the Rain and Goofus. Proceeds support the Meigs County 4-H Camp fund drive.
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Pomeroy
Jtune
California
Meigs County Farm Bureau
Bernice Winn
Ivan Cooper
Farm Bureau District
Larne
George Hall
Kenny Roberts
Tiny Charlesanna Hess
Meigs County
Norma Jean Sellers
Marlene Knapp
Judy Jacobs
Lois Ann Chapman
Miss Chapman
Lillian Stieff
Terry Bradford
Sue Ann Buck
Carolyn Bauer
Shirley McKelvey
Billy McKelvey
Norma Kay McKelvey
Robert A. McKelvey
Patty Stobart
Margie Stobart
Jimmie Price
Alexander
Fert Gaul
Frankie McKelvey
Bob
Polly” Morris
Howard Cozart
Sandra Kay Ingraham
Goofus
Charlesanna Hess
Rae Ann Mills
F. Whitney Ingraham
Bill McKelvey
Paul Sayre
James Carnahan
Dan White
Dale Smith
C. E. Blakeslee
Cash Johnson
William Harmon
Don Anderson
Harold Carnahan
Garrett Circle
Homer Holter
Virgil Atkins
Frank Halliday
Margaret Well
Clarence Murray
Murl Douglas
Collision Damages Two Cars on N Second Avenue
Middlesport report shows extensive damage to Anna 17 of Bradbury driving a 1951 car owned by Mrs. Sara Rupe colliding with Hank Young of Pomeroy who stopped for a taxi delayed by Wayne Little. No injuries, insurance covered damages, no charges filed.
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Middleport
N. Second Ave
Anna
Bradbury
Sara Rupe
Hank Young
Pomeroy
Wayne Little
Little
Russell Bailey
Sisters Mothers Within Four Days Births Linked by Family
Mr and Mrs Carl Burling of Peoria Illinois announce the birth of a daughter Janet Carla on August 11. The couple also have a son and a daughter. Mr and Mrs Charles Williams of Pekin Illinois welcomed a son on August 7 and are parents of twin daughters two years old. The mothers are sisters and the maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Carl Bramlage of Pekin previously from Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Bramlage
Pekin, Il
Pomeroy
Chester Council Daughters of America meet at Hayes home
Past Chester Councilors gathered with 16 members and three guests at Mrs. Elizabeth Hayes residence. Refreshments were provided by the hostess. A future meeting is planned for September 13 with Mrs. Ester Wright.
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Chester
Chester Council
Daughters of America
Elizabeth Hayes
Ester Wright
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